Here I Thought She Was Just a Blazing Saddles Joke

[Benny B]

http://www.cnet.com/news/happy-100th-birthday-hedy-lamarr-movie-star-and-wi-fi-inventor/#ftag=YHF65cbda0

Interesting stuff.

[warriorchick]

So apparently, pretty girls can be smart, too.  Shocking.

[MerrittsMustache]

So apparently, pretty girls can be smart, too.  Shocking.

Watch the language, warriorchick! You can't refer to girls as pretty anymore unless you want them to grow up to be shallow, conceited and anorexic.

[WI inferiority Complexes]

I've always felt akin to Lamar, for I am also known for my, "good looks and classic come-hither bedroom gaze."

[Jay Bee]

So apparently, pretty girls can be smart, too.  Shocking.

Already a screen actress in Europe at age 18, Lamarr got her first exposure to applied science when she married Friedrich Mandl, an armaments manufacturer 14 years her senior. He was said to be extremely possessive and controlling of his younger bride. Mandl was reportedly so controlling that he forbade her from pursuing her film career and kept her a virtual prisoner in their home. It was during this time that Mandl demanded Lamarr accompany him to meetings with business associates where military technologies were discussed.

Lesson learned: Marry an old, possessive and controlling guy?

[warriorchick]

Watch the language, warriorchick! You can't refer to girls as pretty anymore unless you want them to grow up to be shallow, conceited and anorexic.

I am allowed to say it since I am a female.  You know how that goes...

And also, I am reasonably certain that she was both pretty and smart before she turned eighteen as well.

[Benny B]

I am allowed to say it since I am a female.  You know how that goes...

And also, I am reasonably certain that she was both pretty and smart before she turned eighteen as well.

That's all well and good, but what about her personality?

[Lennys Tap]

I am allowed to say it since I am a female.  You know how that goes...

So, it's not what is said, it's who said it....I thought you were kidding when you said you were a fan of Chico.

[StateStreetMission]

Married and divorced 6 times, so either she had bad judgement in men or her charm was short lived.